ChrisM8971 Member

Please bear in mind that this site is for over 18's only and I would have to question whether you meet that criteria if you are familiar with and only posting daily calorie intake requirements for ages below that OP there has been some good advice already, specifically about eating more, making sure you get sufficient fat…

OP for the more pedantic members on here, those that take single posts in isolation and just to clarify something I am sure you got anyway If you reduce carbs without lowering your calorie intake it probably won't result in weight loss, however if you lower your calorie goal, whether by reducing carbs or another macro then…

Nicely misinterpreted, albeit probably deliberately so. And as has been said the question is pretty vague so your answer must be based purely on your interpretation of what it meant

If you are not able to move around much then eating less carbs won't make any difference to weight gain, eating fewer calories will

If the question is what I think it is then the answer would be excess carbs don't make you fat excess calories do. SO if you can eat those carbs and stay within your calorie goal then eat them if thats what you want Just make sure you get enough fats/protein/fibre to keep yourself feeling satisfied

Now they look nice, not sure if they are available in the UK

Ok I have to ask, what are Enlightened broad beans because they sound like a legume that has just had a spiritual revelation!

70 lbs is not a lot in the scheme of things and would suggest that you should be looking to lose in the 1-1.5 lbs per week range

As a professional couch potato I am not the best qualified to give exercise advice but what you are doing seems fine. Remember that exercise is for fitness rather than weight loss, although the extra food calories it allows is a bonus You will often hear things about eating regular meals to keep your metabolism going and…

Short answer is yes you will still lose weight eating under your calorie goal and the more under your net goal you are the faster you will lose the weight. However there is no rush and losing at a healthy rate of 0.5 to 2.0 lbs per week (depending on current weight and how much you have to lose) is what you should be…

This, I have always been an evening eater so I eat less during the day

Please can you link some of those medical sources because I found the post a little confusing, first RMR is what you burn laying in bed and then you say about the activity burnt as part of your RMR. Sounds like you are confusing BMR and NEAT there. I can't see how that method of calculating RMR is more accurate than the…

Lentils are a great source of both fibre and protein, nice added to soups, stews, in salads or as a side dish cooked in stock with herbs and olive oil

Quick question for you, do you check the information that the barcode scanner picks up as being accurate? Most of the time I use that thing it picks up some random user entry that bears no resemblance to whats actually on the packet. Believe me the entry and the actual nutritional information can vary by a huge amount.…

Sorry for seemingly hijacking the thread, but please do not quote a womans health magazine as a good source of nutritional and dieting information. I am talking about proper scientific studies by people who are not trying to get a bunch of people to sign up for a subscription. At the end of the day all that article is…

Eating at a consistent calorie deficit every week is just as successful, provided you take logging accuracy seriously, extreme calorie deficits every other week just put you at a higher deficit on average than other diets you have tried. Also you cannot shock your body into fat burning mode! or at least I have never seen…

Eating less carbs may give you an initial water loss but ultimately won't benefit weight loss over and above what you achieve by eating a reduced calorie goal.

I have heard from a few people that their calorie goals have suddenly changed, both up and down for no reason. If you did not change anything else, such as activity level and are happy with the rate at which you are losing weight then I would manually change them back to where they were

Have you got a digital food scale and do you weigh, log and check the accuracy of the MFP entry you are choosing. A lot of plateau's seem to occur at a point when the near enough approach to logging is no longer keeping you in a calorie defict

Its always part of the salad that comes with my chicken kebab and has a lovely taste raw (even my dog likes it??) Also nice cooked with apple, raisins and a little vinegar

Get a digital food scale and weigh everything you eat and measure everything you drink to ensure that you are in a calorie deficit. 5 lbs per week is a much too aggressive goal (you are looking at a daily deficit of 2,500 calories below your TDEE to achieve that) Set at 2 lbs per week and if you get anything higher take it…

Weighing is only part of this, you need to ensure that the entries that you are selecting from the MFP database are correct, because many member entries are not. Under eating is often an issue with people just starting because they often cut out so many things from their diet. If you are struggling to increase calories due…

As others have said in the UK a cup equates to 250 mls so MFP's recommendation is 2 litres per day. However the amount you need is personal, based on ambient temperatures, activity levels etc. The main thing is to ensure that you remain hydrated (urine a pale straw colour) and other drinks like tea, coffee, milk, soda and…

I am now within the healthy BMI range The BMI scale gets a lot of stick and you will always get those examples of how someone with a reasonable amount of muscle shows as overweight or obese etc. But it does what it was originally designed for and that is a statistical measurement of populations such as "If the average BMI…

Ok lets look at the numbers, the 2 oz serving is 56 g so if the composition of those noodles were 100% carbs (forget that the label says they contain a little protein because the calories per gram is the same) then the calories would be 56g x 4 calories = 224 calories. 270 is high even on that basis and if cooked those…

Use a digital food scale to weigh all of the solids and measure the liquids, be wary of the bar code scanner because it regularly takes you to an inaccurate member entry. Check entries against nutrition labels, accuracy is a really important part of counting calories

You can still over eat and gain weight just by counting carbs, you still have to be aware of how many calories you are eating to lose

You can track fibre for free as well

If that is the case then unless each noodle has a pure fat centre then the calories shown on that label are not correct!

I think the common mistake is thinking that you eat a large protein meal and boom its all in your system, protein takes a long time to break down and be absorbed from what I understand